For over 26 years, Paul was the General Counsel of EMC Corporation. He served
under 3 CEOs and was instrumental in driving significant growth -- revenues
grew from $170M in 1990 to $24.7B in 2016, employees grew from 750 to 68,000
and the company's market cap grew to $55B. During his tenure, EMC became the
world’s largest enterprise storage company and later transformed into a
diversified technology company through the acquisition of over 40 companies,
including VMware.
In 2013, he was the first general counsel to serve as President of the Boston
Bar Association in its 223-year history. From 2017 to 2023, Paul was the
general counsel of a mid stage startup company in Boston, Massachusetts. From
2024 until recently, Paul has been a Partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &
Sullivan, the world’s largest litigation firm with over 1,300 lawyers.
Paul is Chairman of the Board of AerCap Holdings, N.V., (NYSE:AER) the world’s
largest commercial aircraft leasing company. He is also a member of the Board
of Directors of Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS) and Chairman of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Under Massachusetts Governor
Charlie Baker, Paul was Chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission and
Co-Chair of the Supreme Judicial Court Nominating Commission.